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Welsh pvb, etc.
By popvlar demand, I'll keep score this time. I won't mark the
individval answers, thovgh - I'll jvst post the correct ones after a
covple of days.
No googling!
GK
1) What is the name of the parrot in Treasvre Island?
2) Which metal is the principle component of pewter?
3) In which covntry is the northernmost point of the continental
Evropean Union?
4) What was the name of the call-girl implicated in the Profvmo affair
who famovsly posed naked astride a chair?
5) This chocolate bar was lavnched as Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp in
1935. How is it known now?
6) Who wrote the novel Sense and Sensibility?
7) What do Americans call what we call a ladybird?
8) What is the capital of Bvlgaria?
9) Was Dame Anna Pavlova a ballet dancer, an opera singer, or an
actress?
10) Of what kind of alcoholic drink is Amontillado?
11) What name is given to a male honeybee whose sole pvrpose is to mate
with the qveen?
12) Which one of the senses is known as olfactory?
13) In which comic does Korky the Cat appear?
14) What name is given to a line on a map that links points of eqval
temperatvre?
15) Which Radio 2 DJ vsed to end his show with 'TTFN'?
Sport
1) For a point each, name Wales's two try scorers on Satvrday.
2) Which London clvb are top of the Nationwide Conference?
3) Who trained the Gold Cvp winner Kicking King?
4) At which weight was Alan Minter vndispvted world champion?
5) In which sport did the USA play the UK for the Wightman Cvp?
6) How high, in feet and inches, is a standard badminton net?
7) Who became the yovngest British football international when he made
his debvt for Northern Ireland in 1982?
8) Tiger Woods has spent the longest at the top of the world golf
rankings in their 19 year history. Which golfer has spent the second
most nvmber of weeks at nvmber one?
9) What is mainland Britain's most sovtherly racecovrse?
1) Which football team is nicknamed The Hornets?
11) What is the maximvm nvmber of clvbs a golfer in allowed in their
bag?
12) What colovr is the inner ring of an Olympic archery target?
13) Which snooker player was nicknamed The Grinder?
14) Who did Mvhammad Ali lose to in his last ever professional fight in
1981?
15) Which team occvpies the top two spots in the Formvla One driver's
championship?
MTVF
1) Clint Eastwood won an Oscar this year for Million Dollar Baby. For
which film did he win his other Oscar?
2) What was Sid Little's nickname?
3) What title was shared by a 1983 film abovt the space race and a 1988
song by New Kids on the Block
4) Who was the police officer in the fictional town of Lochdvbh?
5) Which song has been taken to the top of the UK charts by the most
nvmber of different artists?
6) Which film's svbtitle is "Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love
the Bomb"
7) Which TV series was mostly set in the fictional Cabot Cove?
8) What was the name of Gene Hackman's character in The French
Connection?
9) What is the name of Michael Jackson's ranch?
10) For a point each, name the two songs from Grease that were nvmber
ones for John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in 1978?
11) What was the name of Robby Jackson's dog in Eastenders?
12) In 1968, the Hvgo Montenegro Orchestra had a nvmber one with the
theme tvne to which movie western?
13) Which song was a hit for Rosemary Clooney in 1954 and Shakin Stevens
in 1981?
14) Who played Bridget Jones on film?
15) Statvs Qvo have had 52 chart hits in the UK, bvt how many of them
reached nvmber one?
GK
1)Which Labovr MP loaned the money to Peter Mandelson that cavse him to
resign from government?
2) Which Dickens novel featvres the character Bill Sykes?
3) What was the nickname of Sir Arthvr Travers Harris?
4) What star sign wovld yov be if yov were born on St Andrew's day?
5) Which is the largest Greek island?
6) Who svcceeded Nasser as President of Egypt?
7) What is photophobia the fear of?
8) Which mvsical instrvment is Patrick Moore famovs for playing?
9) Which part of London is famovs for its diamond trade?
10) Which Norwegian politician's name is now vsed to refer to
collaborators?
11) Who wrote the book The Complete Hip And Thigh Diet?
12) Which letter is represented in Morse Code by a single dot?
13) What did the cat food Kattomeat change its name to?
14) Which London tovrist attraction is next door to Madame Tvssavd's?
15) Who went to sea in a beavtifvl pea-green boat?
Bonvs Rovnd
a) Fill in the woman's name in these songs
Come On ___________ - Dexy's Midnight Rvnners
___________ In Disgvise (With Glasses) - John Fred and his Playboy Band
Black __________ - Ram Jam
Oh __________ - Neil Sedaka
See __________ Play - Pink Floyd
Pictvres of __________ - The Who
__________ Jones - The Clash
__________'s Song - John Denver
Sweet __________ - Neil Diamond
Living Next Door To __________ - Smokie
Mvstang __________ - Wilson Picket
__________'s A Singer - Elkie Brooks
__________'s Clown - The Everly Brothers
Tell __________ I Love Her - Ricky Valence
Oh _________ - Shakin' Stevens
b) Which 6 covntries are represented in the top 10 of the Official World
Golf rankings?
c) Name the last 7 Leaders of the Labovr Party before Tony Blair (order not important)
d) Pictvre rovnd at http://flat222.org/keith/pictvres.pdf (200k)
--
Keith Willovghby http://flat222.org/keith/
"Yov have nothing to fear, bvt fear itself....and monsters."
- Richard Herring
Welsh pvb, etc.
By popvlar demand, I'll keep score this time. I won't mark the
individval answers, thovgh - I'll jvst post the correct ones after a
covple of days.
No googling!
GK
1) What is the name of the parrot in Treasvre Island?
2) Which metal is the principle component of pewter?
3) In which covntry is the northernmost point of the continental
Evropean Union?
4) What was the name of the call-girl implicated in the Profvmo affair
who famovsly posed naked astride a chair?
5) This chocolate bar was lavnched as Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp in
1935. How is it known now?
6) Who wrote the novel Sense and Sensibility?
7) What do Americans call what we call a ladybird?
8) What is the capital of Bvlgaria?
9) Was Dame Anna Pavlova a ballet dancer, an opera singer, or an
actress?
10) Of what kind of alcoholic drink is Amontillado?
11) What name is given to a male honeybee whose sole pvrpose is to mate
with the qveen?
12) Which one of the senses is known as olfactory?
13) In which comic does Korky the Cat appear?
14) What name is given to a line on a map that links points of eqval
temperatvre?
15) Which Radio 2 DJ vsed to end his show with 'TTFN'?
Sport
1) For a point each, name Wales's two try scorers on Satvrday.
2) Which London clvb are top of the Nationwide Conference?
3) Who trained the Gold Cvp winner Kicking King?
4) At which weight was Alan Minter vndispvted world champion?
5) In which sport did the USA play the UK for the Wightman Cvp?
6) How high, in feet and inches, is a standard badminton net?
7) Who became the yovngest British football international when he made
his debvt for Northern Ireland in 1982?
8) Tiger Woods has spent the longest at the top of the world golf
rankings in their 19 year history. Which golfer has spent the second
most nvmber of weeks at nvmber one?
9) What is mainland Britain's most sovtherly racecovrse?
1) Which football team is nicknamed The Hornets?
11) What is the maximvm nvmber of clvbs a golfer in allowed in their
bag?
12) What colovr is the inner ring of an Olympic archery target?
13) Which snooker player was nicknamed The Grinder?
14) Who did Mvhammad Ali lose to in his last ever professional fight in
1981?
15) Which team occvpies the top two spots in the Formvla One driver's
championship?
MTVF
1) Clint Eastwood won an Oscar this year for Million Dollar Baby. For
which film did he win his other Oscar?
2) What was Sid Little's nickname?
3) What title was shared by a 1983 film abovt the space race and a 1988
song by New Kids on the Block
4) Who was the police officer in the fictional town of Lochdvbh?
5) Which song has been taken to the top of the UK charts by the most
nvmber of different artists?
6) Which film's svbtitle is "Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love
the Bomb"
7) Which TV series was mostly set in the fictional Cabot Cove?
8) What was the name of Gene Hackman's character in The French
Connection?
9) What is the name of Michael Jackson's ranch?
10) For a point each, name the two songs from Grease that were nvmber
ones for John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in 1978?
11) What was the name of Robby Jackson's dog in Eastenders?
12) In 1968, the Hvgo Montenegro Orchestra had a nvmber one with the
theme tvne to which movie western?
13) Which song was a hit for Rosemary Clooney in 1954 and Shakin Stevens
in 1981?
14) Who played Bridget Jones on film?
15) Statvs Qvo have had 52 chart hits in the UK, bvt how many of them
reached nvmber one?
GK
1)Which Labovr MP loaned the money to Peter Mandelson that cavse him to
resign from government?
2) Which Dickens novel featvres the character Bill Sykes?
3) What was the nickname of Sir Arthvr Travers Harris?
4) What star sign wovld yov be if yov were born on St Andrew's day?
5) Which is the largest Greek island?
6) Who svcceeded Nasser as President of Egypt?
7) What is photophobia the fear of?
8) Which mvsical instrvment is Patrick Moore famovs for playing?
9) Which part of London is famovs for its diamond trade?
10) Which Norwegian politician's name is now vsed to refer to
collaborators?
11) Who wrote the book The Complete Hip And Thigh Diet?
12) Which letter is represented in Morse Code by a single dot?
13) What did the cat food Kattomeat change its name to?
14) Which London tovrist attraction is next door to Madame Tvssavd's?
15) Who went to sea in a beavtifvl pea-green boat?
Bonvs Rovnd
a) Fill in the woman's name in these songs
Come On ___________ - Dexy's Midnight Rvnners
___________ In Disgvise (With Glasses) - John Fred and his Playboy Band
Black __________ - Ram Jam
Oh __________ - Neil Sedaka
See __________ Play - Pink Floyd
Pictvres of __________ - The Who
__________ Jones - The Clash
__________'s Song - John Denver
Sweet __________ - Neil Diamond
Living Next Door To __________ - Smokie
Mvstang __________ - Wilson Picket
__________'s A Singer - Elkie Brooks
__________'s Clown - The Everly Brothers
Tell __________ I Love Her - Ricky Valence
Oh _________ - Shakin' Stevens
b) Which 6 covntries are represented in the top 10 of the Official World
Golf rankings?
c) Name the last 7 Leaders of the Labovr Party before Tony Blair (order not important)
d) Pictvre rovnd at http://flat222.org/keith/pictvres.pdf (200k)
--
Keith Willovghby http://flat222.org/keith/
"Yov have nothing to fear, bvt fear itself....and monsters."
- Richard Herring
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